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1 Bfffi 1994 THE TENNESSEAN mm orns raises, a fci civr ffBredesen leads in fund raising nxi Associated Press Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris raised $1.5 million toward his bid for governor and spent that much, according to a report received Friday by the state's Registry of Election Finance. A rT- "-1 nrr 0 3 7 loan from the Friends of Bill Morris political action committee of $125,000 and other debts or bills outstanding of $29,822. Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen, who polled 37 of the vote in the Mason-Dixon PoliticalMedia research poll earlier this week, was the top Democratic fund-raiser in reports to the Registry. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5. Bredesen reported raising $3.1 million since Dec.

1, when he entered the race. He loaned his campaign $1.5 million with most spent on television advertising, and had $98,309 on hand when the reporting period ended Monday. Rep. Don Sundquist the leading Republican candidate, reported he had raised $1.7 million since Jan. 30 and spent $1.8 million.

Spokeswoman Beth Fortune said he over $1 million in the bank and has raised a total of $3.3 million for the race. Morris, who was second in a i recent Mason- 13 of the vote, reported cash-on-hand of $7,656.50 when the reporting period ended Monday. MORRIS Morris spent about $477,274 on advertising during the last reporting period since Jan. 30. He also spent $41,405 on polling.

Total contributions for the period beginning Jan. 30 were $329,752 and expenditures were $996,442. Morris reported an outstanding i UADTU rur WORTH THE WAIT Voters queue up at the Howard School Building on Third Avenue South yesterday morning as the noon deadline for early voting approached. Waits of Kats Barry Staff up to 25 minutes were reported. Thursday's primary is the first time Tennessee voters have used the new early voting procedures, which replaced absentee balloting.

The following Is a list of political events of interest Tennessee during the final days before the Aug. 4 primary, as reported by the campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate: (All times local.) TODAY I Bill Morris and Steve Hewlett at Pentecostal Institutional Temple Church of God in Christ, Memphis, 10 a.m. Steve Hewlett at Magnolia First Baptist Church, Memphis, 5:15 p.m. TOMORROW Don Sundquist at breakfast reception, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.

aim. Jim Cooper at Lewis County Courthouse, Hohenwald, 8 a.m. Phil Bredesen at Ford glass plant, Nashville, 6 a.m. Phil Bredesen at the Senior Citizens Center, Gallatin, noon. Phil Bredesen at meeting with Minority Business Association, 6 p.m., Days Inn, Memphis.

Frank Cochran at Magnavox Plant, Greeneville, 6:30 a.m. Frank Cochran at press conference, 9:30 a.m., Bristol. Frank Cochran at press conference, 1:30 p.m., City-County Building, Knoxville. Frank Cochran at East Town Mall or Levi Strauss Factory, Knoxville, 3 p.m. Bill Morris begins 20-city tour Caravan kick-off, 9:15 a.m., campaign headquarters, Memphis.

Bill Morris at open press rally, 11 a.m., Dyersburg Municipal Airport Tarmac. Bill Morris at open press rally, 12:15 p.m., Everett-Stewart Field Tarmac, Union City. Bill Morris at open press rally, Outlaw Field Tarmac, Clarksville, 1:45 p.m. Bill Morris at open press rally, 5 p.m., Maury County Airport Tarmac, Columbia. TUESDAY Phil Bredesen at Proctor Gamble, Madison, 8:45 a.m.

Phil Bredesen at Beck Cultural Center, Knoxville, 1 p.m. Phil Bredesen at TPI Plant, Johnson City, 3:45 p.m. Phil Bredesen at Upper East Tennessee Rally, Warrior's Path State Park, Sullivan County, 5 p.m. Phil Bredesen at Putnam County Rally, 7:30 p.m., Cookeville Community Center. WEDNESDAY Phil Bredesen at 12:30 p.m., Holiday Inn Choo-Choo, Chattanooga.

Phil Bredesen at Davidson County "Welcome Home" Rally, Riverfront Park, Nashville. 5 p.m. THURSDAY Election day. Bill Morris and supporters gather at the East Memphis Hilton to await election results. ASSOCIATED PRESS Candidates walking, talking, knocking on doors as The winner will take on Demo crat Gary C.

Ledbetter, who describes himself as a party activist Jordan said Vick is "out there. He's active. He is being extraordinarily negative." Jordan, a conservative Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said many of the things Vick is spreading are simply not true. "People who know me know I am a pretty right-wing guy," Jordan said. "I just have to connect with my supporters and let them know that Jordan has not gone looney on them." Among what Jordan said are falsehoods: Vick's literature said Jordan is a trial lawyer.

Jordan is not and has never been a member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Jordan said he does mostly corporate work. Vick said Jordan is pro-pornography. Jordan said he supported legislation that would allow local governments to control the location of adult entertainment through restrictive zoning. That is the only limitation on adult entertainment that has been repeatedly upheld by the Supreme Court, he said.

Jordan was the sponsor of bills to make it illegal to stalk a victim and to increase the penalty for abusing young children. Jordan said Vick "never voted in a Republican primary in Williamson county until May of 1994." Vick, 39, 6214 Burnt Leaf Court concedes he only recently moved to Franklin. "I have lived in Williamson County for one year," Vick said. "I think that is a bogus argument" Vick said he will fight to get a bigger share of the funding pie for nign-growth areas like Williamson County. A distinction between he and Jordan, Vick said, is their stance on a state lottery.

Vick said he would By GAIL KERR Staff Writer Candidates for the state legislature are pounding the pavement in the waning days before Thursday's primary, including four Metro Council members in contested primaries. Among Metro Council folks: Dur-ward Hall and Sherry Stoner Jones, who are facing off to claim former Rep. Dick Clark's empty House seat in the Democratic primary. And Edith Taylor Langster and Frank Harrison are part of a six-way fight for the 54th House District seat held for years by Democrat Harold Love. "I think this year it is simply a matter of who runs a good campaign," said incumbent Sen.

Bob Ro-chelle, D-Lebanon. -ni "I'm not seeing the same kind of throw-'em-out mood as in 1992." si One of the most talked about races around is that of Sen. Thelma Harper, who is being challenged in her Nashville district in a strong bid by attorney Richard Manson. If Harper keeps her seat, and Langster wins that empty seat, North Nashville could be represented on Capitol Hill by two Afri-, can-American women. Only half of the 33 Senate seats, V(jncluding Rochelle's, are up this year, but all 99 state House seats are on the ballot What does it take to win a legislative election? Walking.

Knocking on doors. An organized way to distribute yard signs. Radio ads. And a fight for Recognition during a year crammed Vith statewide races. "IVe found the best diet in the Hall said.

"IVe been walking the district since the first of -'June. So far, it has been a good clean race." Hall, 55, of 205 Luna Drive, works in sales at KJ. Quinn Co. Inc. He faces two-term councilwom-an Jones and businessman Bob Cul- ballot and that is it" Here's a look at some of the other most hotly contested legislative races in Middle Tennessee: Davidson County The 54th House seat is open after being vacated by Love.

Six Democrats are vying for the nomination with no Republicans on the ballot Among them are two council members, an attorney, a former banker and a fellow who refers to himself as "Preacherman." Edith Langster, 45, of 2423 Underwood St, said she has attended three church services every Sunday, is standing on street corners every morning, and has had parties for supporters to fill out and stamp post cards. Langster, who is serving her first term in the council, is a mental health program specialist and a former police officer. "I am telling people to look at the last 3J2 years I have spent in the council," she said. "That is a very short time to do what IVe done. Look at the sidewalks behind Wharton school.

Look at the aggressive effort IVe made in cleaning and resurfacing most of the alleys in the 20th District "Look at my accessibility. Look at the Z. Alexander Looby Center, which had been closed since 1989, and we were able to get it open. Look at the new Kroger store project" Frank Harrison 48, of 1815 Glade St, is a small business owner and is serving his first time in the council. Harrison said each of the candidates have various bases of support, but "I think the race is going real good.

Along with knocking on doors and running radio ads, Harrison said his supporters are conducting a phone bank. "All of us have different unique personalities," he said. "What distinguishes me from the other candidates is that I have a history and a record or pumic service. This is the way the democratic process was intended, to have more than one or two people in a race." Henry Hill, 59, of 101 Queens sells real estate and is the former president of Citizens Bank. "It's been very difficult for me to gauge how well I'm doing, how to translate those into actual votes," Hill said.

"What IVe said from the outset is I am not running against anybody. Rep. Harold Love is retiring from the job. I am applying for the job. "I ask them to look at my 30 years of service to the people.

I am semi-retired. I will only have one job and that is the job as their representative." Hill said he has spent upwards of 80 hours watching the legislature when they were in session, and watching committee hearings, to learn how the system works. Terry Clayton, 36, of 2405 Wood-ale Lane, is an attorney who has served as a Democratic executive committeeman. "I am running because I have been involved politically for several years, and I thought it was time for us to put some new leadership in place, time for my generation to take on political leadership." Clayton said he has worked in the legislature's legal staff and knows the ins and outs. Neither V.H.

(Sonnye) Dixon Jr. nor Gary (Preacherman) Williams could be reached for comment last week. Williamson County Incumbent 23rd District Sen. Keith Jordan, 43, a private attorney in Franklin, is facing one of the toughest and meanest races by con servative Gregory G. Vick, a land title researcher, in the Republican primary.

Getting there If you are unsure who to support among the half-dozen candidates for the empty North Nashville house seat in the 54th district, here's a thought. The NAACP's Nashville branch will hold a community forum for those candidates from p.m. Tuesday, at the Jefferson Street Baptist Church, 2708 Jefferson St. lorn on the ballot for the Democratic nomination. There is no Republican seeking that seat so the winner will get the seat in January.

Hall has served on the council since 1987, and said he and Jones are running on their own records. "IVe had the same job for 34 years, the same lady, the same house," Hall said. "All these things are established. Every member of my immediate family graduated from Antioch High School. You'd be amazed at how many people I run into who did, too." Hall is probably best known locally for overseeing the council's action to approve a solid waste disposal plan.

Jones, 47, of 4947 Sherman Oaks Road, served as the council's elected member of the Metro Planning Commission for the last several years. She is respected among neighborhood groups as supporting their interest against heavy development Jones did not return repeated phone calls last week. Cullom, 57, of 5208 Green Leaf Drive, is a teacher and coordinator of adult and community education at Glencliff High School. Cullom had what is probably the most forthright explanation of his campaign: "I am doing absolutely nothing," Cullom said. "My name is on the vote nears have voted in favor of a bill sponsored by Sen.

Steve Cohen, D-Mem-phis, to hold a statewide referen dum on removing the state constitution's prohibition on lotteries. "Keith and I have had a general disagreement of the philosophy of government," Vick said, adding that in his mind, "I have not engaged in any personal attacks. I have looked at his record. "We're like two NASCAR drivers banging away at each other," Vick said. Davidson County The 53rd District incumbent, Rep.

John Arriola, is opposed in the Democratic primary by free-lance journalist Dan Murph. Arriola, 38, of 225 Elysian Fields Road, is a small business owner and has served two terms in the House. He is the former executive assistant to U.S. Rep. Bob Clement Murph, 24 of 519A Radnor St in Woodbine, is currently writing a political biography.

He is the great-grandson of Sam Houston, Tennessee's seventh governor, and pledges to work on ethics reform in the legislature. Sumner County The open 44th House District seat has four Democrats and two Republicans vying for the nomination. The Democrats are Leo Haffey, an attorney; Richard W. Harsh, a real estate agent; Michael Ray McDonald, a Volunteer State Community College professor; and David W. Sat-terfield, a firefighter.

On the Republican side, attorney Devereaux Cannon Jr. faces banker Tommy G. Whittaker. Sumner County Incumbent Republican Randy Stamps will face one of two Democrats in November for the 45th District House seat William K. Bassett or Charles Steven Sudbury.

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